Waipote stripped of MP status, faces arrest to serve time in prison

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Waipote stripped of MP status, faces arrest to serve time in prison

 

 

Palang Pracharat MP for Kamphaeng Phet province Pol Lt-Gen Waipote Arpornrat has lost his Member of Parliament (MP) status after the Supreme Court upheld the 4 year prison sentence handed down by the Appeals Court for his involvement in the disruption of the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya in 2009.

 

As the Supreme Court is the final arbiter in the case, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm said that Pol Lt-Col Waipote immediately loses his parliamentary membership and is not protected by parliamentary immunity.

 

12 former leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, including Waipote, were sentenced to 4 years in prison for their roles in leading hundreds of red-shirt protesters in the storming of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort in Pattaya, where the ASEAN meeting was being held, resulting to the abrupt cancellation of the summit and evacuation of all ASEAN leaders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/waipote-stripped-of-mp-status-faces-arrest-to-serve-time-in-prison/

 

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[edwinchester]

Jumping ship didn't work out so well after all.

[Lungstib]

My word, you've got a job to keep up with these things. We've got a politician being sent down for 4 years. A law maker who turned law breaker. A former red-shirt, an MP and a Pol Lt-General, who couldn't see what was wrong in closing down an ASEAN meeting, and amazingly then recruited by the military in civilian disguise PPRP who now has to wave him goodbye. All morals and ethics out the window with these guys, every man for his bank balance.

[PatOngo]

Ten green bottles hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidently fall

There'd be...…..........................................….....

[newatthis]

A by-election. That'll be interesting.

[jonclark]

  On 9/12/2019 at 4:18 AM, newatthis said:

A by-election. That'll be interesting.

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PPRP won by a landslide there with nearly double the votes of PTP in 2019.  Think the most likely outcome is another win, but a low turnout might affect the number of votes the micro parties get and their party listings. 

[Eric Loh]

  On 9/12/2019 at 4:41 AM, jonclark said:

 

PPRP won by a landslide there with nearly double the votes of PTP in 2019.  Think the most likely outcome is another win, but a low turnout might affect the number of votes the micro parties get and their party listings. 

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PPRP got 30,012 against PTP 17,751. Pol Gen Waiphote was the incumbent since TRT days. This by-election will be a bellwether test on PPRP support now that Waiphote is not able to contest.   

[scorecard]

  On 9/12/2019 at 4:01 AM, PatOngo said:

Ten green bottles hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidently fall

There'd be...…..........................................….....

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Agree, there will ultimately be a total crash / a crash which the green folks can't survive from, hopefully very soon. 

[scorecard]

  On 9/12/2019 at 4:56 AM, Eric Loh said:

PPRP got 30,012 against PTP 17,751. Pol Gen Waiphote was the incumbent since TRT days. This by-election will be a bellwether test on PPRP support now that Waiphote is not able to contest.   

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...was the incumbent since TRT days, nice example of long-term cronyism and gangs of scaly politicians unethical ...

[OneMoreFarang]

All red-shirts should be in jail.

No red shirts - no problems.

[PatOngo]

  On 9/12/2019 at 5:05 AM, scorecard said:

Agree, there will ultimately be a total crash / a crash which the green folks can't survive from, hopefully very soon. 

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Even with only three green bottles hanging on the wall they would still try to hang on to power!

[Eric Loh]

  On 9/12/2019 at 5:37 AM, scorecard said:

...was the incumbent since TRT days, nice example of long-term cronyism and gangs of scaly politicians unethical ...

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This scaly thrash was embraced warmly by your scaly  government plus one convicted drug dealer. That pales beyond unethical. 

 

[Eric Loh]

  On 9/12/2019 at 5:47 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

All red-shirts should be in jail.

No red shirts - no problems.

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Don’t forget to bring along the blue, yellow and green shirts. 

[Baerboxer]

  On 9/12/2019 at 4:56 AM, Eric Loh said:

PPRP got 30,012 against PTP 17,751. Pol Gen Waiphote was the incumbent since TRT days. This by-election will be a bellwether test on PPRP support now that Waiphote is not able to contest.   

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What's interesting Eric, is that this again demonstrates that people vote for a person rather than a party. Which is one reason why people feel safe changing parties whenever it suits them. Hierarchical patronages with clan like loyalties.

 

One does wonder what police rank the gentleman was holding when he turned Red Shirt law breaker?

[Baerboxer]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:03 AM, Eric Loh said:

This scaly thrash was embraced warmly by your scaly  government plus one convicted drug dealer. That pales beyond unethical. 

 

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How does that compare with the likes of Chalerm etc etc?

[Eric Loh]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:23 AM, Baerboxer said:

 

What's interesting Eric, is that this again demonstrates that people vote for a person rather than a party. Which is one reason why people feel safe changing parties whenever it suits them. Hierarchical patronages with clan like loyalties.

 

One does wonder what police rank the gentleman was holding when he turned Red Shirt law breaker?

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PTP has conceded before the election that they will lose Kampong Phet because of the populist policies like welfare card and the 3 years moratorium on loans. These were powerful reasons for the lost; not so

much due to the person. Let’s see the by-election which will reveal a lot.  

[Eric Loh]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:24 AM, Baerboxer said:

 

How does that compare with the likes of Chalerm etc etc?

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Equally scaly but he didn’t crossed over so he gets a brownie point. 

[scorecard]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:40 AM, Eric Loh said:

Equally scaly but he didn’t crossed over so he gets a brownie point. 

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You would give a brownie point to chalerm, says a lot about your ethics. 

[scorecard]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:23 AM, Baerboxer said:

 

What's interesting Eric, is that this again demonstrates that people vote for a person rather than a party. Which is one reason why people feel safe changing parties whenever it suits them. Hierarchical patronages with clan like loyalties.

 

One does wonder what police rank the gentleman was holding when he turned Red Shirt law breaker?

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Meaning that:

 

1. The party basically has no social manifesto to build and maintain a civil society, which of course el would say is not true, but it is true. 

 

2. Easier for on man (or woman) to gain local credibility and keep winning but there's no overall positive and broad civil society gains. 

[scorecard]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:03 AM, Eric Loh said:

This scaly thrash was embraced warmly by your scaly  government plus one convicted drug dealer. That pales beyond unethical. 

 

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Not my scaly government el, but of course it fits your ends to keep claiming that. 

[hotchilli]

  On 9/12/2019 at 3:37 AM, Lungstib said:

My word, you've got a job to keep up with these things. We've got a politician being sent down for 4 years. A law maker who turned law breaker. A former red-shirt, an MP and a Pol Lt-General, who couldn't see what was wrong in closing down an ASEAN meeting, and amazingly then recruited by the military in civilian disguise PPRP who now has to wave him goodbye. All morals and ethics out the window with these guys, every man for his bank balance.

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But the entertainment value is great !

[Fred31]

  On 9/12/2019 at 3:37 AM, Lungstib said:

My word, you've got a job to keep up with these things. We've got a politician being sent down for 4 years. A law maker who turned law breaker. A former red-shirt, an MP and a Pol Lt-General, who couldn't see what was wrong in closing down an ASEAN meeting, and amazingly then recruited by the military in civilian disguise PPRP who now has to wave him goodbye. All morals and ethics out the window with these guys, every man for his bank balance.

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But the Heroin guy stays in his post....

[Dave67]

Oh the irony hahaha tough <deleted> traitor

[robblok]

  On 9/12/2019 at 6:40 AM, Eric Loh said:

Equally scaly but he didn’t crossed over so he gets a brownie point. 

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Charlem is a lot more scary then this guy.. that you even consider either of them for brownie points says a lot about your ethics. The whole of Thai politics is rotten to the core.. junta PTP same same. I mean both did dealings with Kaimanpo (however you spell it godfather of Chonburi and his family). They all seem to have criminal fixers.. the heroin guy.. / Charlem.

 

I hope future forward proves to be different but one thing is for sure most of them are in it for themselves not for the party not for Thailand. (talking about Thai politicians)

[oldhippy]

  On 9/12/2019 at 9:17 AM, hotchilli said:

But the entertainment value is great !

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Yes, almost up to Brexit standards.

[GreasyFingers]

  On 9/12/2019 at 10:08 AM, oldhippy said:

Yes, almost up to Brexit standards.

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and the Donald

[scorecard]

  On 9/12/2019 at 3:37 AM, Lungstib said:

My word, you've got a job to keep up with these things. We've got a politician being sent down for 4 years. A law maker who turned law breaker. A former red-shirt, an MP and a Pol Lt-General, who couldn't see what was wrong in closing down an ASEAN meeting, and amazingly then recruited by the military in civilian disguise PPRP who now has to wave him goodbye. All morals and ethics out the window with these guys, every man for his bank balance.

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"...and a Pol Lt-General, who couldn't see what was wrong in closing down an ASEAN meeting, ..."

and add 'with serious violence and several people seriously bashed'.

[Artisi]

  On 9/12/2019 at 10:08 AM, oldhippy said:

Yes, almost up to Brexit standards.

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  On 9/12/2019 at 10:30 AM, GreasyFingers said:

and the Donald

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Parallel support entertainment. 

[Reigntax]

  On 9/12/2019 at 5:47 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

All red-shirts should be in jail.

No red shirts - no problems.

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No green shirts, no problem, no coups..... and democracy

 

[OneMoreFarang]

  On 9/12/2019 at 11:21 AM, Reigntax said:

  On 9/12/2019 at 5:47 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

All red-shirts should be in jail.

No red shirts - no problems.

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No green shirts, no problem, no coups..... and democracy

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And lets not forget: No criminal PMs and MPs who only think about enriching themselves. And no clones of them.